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SAG 4 – a lot of great work currently done…

SAG 4 – a lot of great work currently done…. L. Kaltenegger, J. Kasting : For SAG 4. SAG 4 Team Members. D. Abbot (Chicago) Y. Betremieux (MPIA) N. Cowen (Chicago) S. Domagal -Goldman (Goddard) C. Dressing (Harvard) C. Goldblatt (Victoria) L. Grenfell (DLR) S. Hegde (MPIA)

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SAG 4 – a lot of great work currently done…

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  1. SAG 4 – a lot of great work currently done… L. Kaltenegger, J. Kasting: For SAG 4

  2. SAG 4 Team Members • D. Abbot (Chicago) • Y. Betremieux (MPIA) • N. Cowen (Chicago) • S. Domagal-Goldman (Goddard) • C. Dressing (Harvard) • C. Goldblatt (Victoria) • L. Grenfell (DLR) • S. Hegde (MPIA) • L. Kaltenegger (MPIA/CfA) • J. Kasting (Penn State) • R. Kopparapu (Penn State) • V. Meadows (Washington) • H. Rauer (DLR) • R. Ramirez (Penn State) • T. Robinson (Washington) • S. Rugheimer (Harvard) • D. Sasselov (Harvard) • S. Seager (MIT) • A. Segura (Mexico) • F. Selsis (Bordeaux) • W. Traub (JPL) • E. Turner (Princeton) • P. van Paris (Bordeaux) • R. Wordsworth (Chicago) • A. Zsom (MIT) Let me know if YOU want to join the discussions 

  3. Motivation (Earth-like planes)SAG 10 – all planets – Giants-rocky • Why? • what science for what observations • What can you learn/explore • at different wavelengths? • at different resolution? • at different time intervals ? • Feeds into • instrument design (SAG 5, SAG 10) • observation strategy (SAG 5, SAG 10)

  4. GOAL: Planetary Measurements needed forExoplanet Characterization (Jim’s slide) Which measurements are needed to characterize exoplanets ? – how accurate they must be, – how difficult they are to obtain, and – which might be done from the ground Products: – List of measurements and required precisions needed to understand a planet's state to different levels of completeness – List of measurement techniques that look over different time frames, and which of these can only be done from space Participants: Atmospheric and surface modelers, ground and space observers, and exoplanet mission teams

  5. Summary & Timeline • Products: • List of measurements and required precisions needed to understand a planet's state to different levels of completeness • List of measurement techniques that look over different time frames, and which of these can only be done from space • Timeline • Report draft (LK & JK) send to team - mid Feb • Comments due - mid March (team) • Report sent to ExoPAG EC - mid April • Report available on ExoPAG website - end May • SAG4 team: Abbot, Betremieux, Cowen, Domagal-Goldman, Forget, Green, Kaltenegger, Kasting, Kopparapu, Meadows, Pierrehumbert, Rauer, Roberge, Robinson, Rugheimer, Sasselov, Seager, Segura, Selsis, Traub • WELCOME TO THE TEAM e-mail: kaltenegger@mpia.de

  6. An overview of topics covered • Biosignatures • Earth-centric, non Earth-centric, false positives • Thought on the HZ borders (Observable biosignatures) • Inner & outer borders, 3D versus 1D, dry, wet, pressure • Observing geometry influence • Lightcurves, Color-color diagrams, transit, direct imaging • Observables at different parts of the HZ • Change in observables for diff. kind of planets • High density atm, water worlds, Earths, mini-Earths, super-Earths, dessert worlds, extreme worlds

  7. Spectra & wavelength: start = Earth Kaltenegger et al. 2007 See extensive work by Kaltenegger, Meadows, Robinson, Segura, Selsis, Traub, and others

  8. Spectra & wavelength: start = Earth Kaltenegger et al. 2007 Selsis et al. 2007 What resolution is needed to detect features ?

  9. Spectra & wavelength: start = Earth Rauer et al. 2010 Kaltenegger & Traub 2009, Rauer et al. 2010, Palle et al 2012 and others

  10. Spectra & wavelength: contrast ratio Kaltenegger 2010

  11. Spectra & wave=length: SNR Betremieux&Kaltenegger 2013

  12. Spectra & wavelength: comparison Meadows 2006 Selsis et al. 2007

  13. Habitable Exomoons? - geometry see e.g. Williams & Kasting 1997, Kaltenegger 2010, Heller & Barnes 2012

  14. Earth spectra & wavelength (vary stars) Selsis et al. 2002 see e.g. Selsis et al 2002, Segura et al 2003, Rugheimer et al 2012

  15. IR Spectra for Target Star types SNR & Resolution needed ? F Stars G star (Sun) O3 H2O CO2 CH4 G Stars F star T > TSun K Stars O3 H2O CH4 CO2 O3 H2O K star T < TSun CO2 CH4 Rugheimer et al. 2012

  16. F Stars G Stars VIS Spectra for Target Star types SNR & Resolution needed ? O3 O3 H2O H2O G star (Sun) H2O H2O H2O H2O O2 O2 F star T > TSun H2O H2O CH4 CH4 H2O H2O K Stars O3 H2O H2O H2O K star T < TSun O2 H2O CH4 H2O Rugheimer et al. 2012

  17. Lightcurves to characterize planets Selsis et al. 2003, Gaidos et al 2004 • Distinction between atmospheres • Density/pressure • Effect of moons

  18. Cool stars – new insights • Few very interesting papers still in review (soon) • Key questions: • Tidal locking • Dynamics of atm? • 1D vs 3D models? • habitability as fct of surface pressure Fig: Surface Temp (60 orbits) rocky planet (20bar CO2-atm) (a) 1:1, (b) 1:2, (c) 1:10 tidal resonance (e.g. Wordsworth et al. 2011,13, Kaltenegger et al. 2011, vanParis et al. 2010, Leconte et al 2013

  19. see e.g. new work by Gomez-Leal, Forget, Read, Selsis, Wordsworth

  20. Cool stars – new insights • Few very interesting papers still in review (soon) • Key questions: • Tidal locking • Dynamics of atm? • 1D vs 3D models? • habitability as fct of surface pressure • Bio-signatures • Changes (UV & SED) Wordsworth et al. 2011 see e.g. Wordsworth et al. 2011, Kaltenegger et al. 2011

  21. Cool stars – new insights • Few very interesting papers still in review (soon) • Key questions: • Tidal locking • Dynamics of atm? • 1D vs 3D models? • habitability as fct of surface pressure • Bio-signatures • Changes (UV & SED) • New information • Papers in review see e.g. Wordsworth et al. 2011, Kaltenegger et al. 2011 Kaltenegger et al. 2011

  22. First answers to fundamental questions… • Insensitivity of weathering behavior and habitability to planetary land fraction • Tectonics & geological cycles on Super-Earths • Detectability of different geological cycles • Simple 1D (self-consistent) cloud models see e.g. Abbot et al 2012, Goldblatt et al 2011, Kaltenegger & Sasselov 2011, Cowan et al 2013, Zsom et al. 2012, etc.

  23. Update: The concept of the HZ • HZ of Dry planets • HZ of binaries • HZ different atmospheric composition? (e.g. dominated by SO2, CH4, or other gases?) • Very interesting new papers coming up…. (e.g. 3D vs 1D) See extensive work by Kasting, Selsis, Kopparapu , Domagal-Goldman, Kaltenegger, Zsom, Pierrehumbert, Mischna, etc

  24. Seager et al. 2013 review Science Graphic based on work by Abe et al 2011, Zsom et al. 2013, Pierrehumbert & Gaidos 2010, and many others

  25. Color of worlds – prioritize targets Traub 2003 Hegde & Kaltenegger 2012 Traub 2003

  26. Spectra of different surfaces Data obtained from ASTER spectral library and USGS digital spectral library

  27. Anerobic Aerobic Diff. environments support diff. extremophiles on Earth Hegde & Kaltenegger, Astrobiology, 2012, in print; arXiv:1209.4098

  28. Complete coverage Mixed surface VRE: complete coverage VRE: partial coverage Present-day Earth Color of extreme worlds – prioritize targets Traub 2003 Hegde & Kaltenegger 2012 Traub 2003

  29. THANK YOU to SAG 4 Team Members • D. Abbot (Chicago) • Y. Betremieux (MPIA) • N. Cowen (Chicago) • S. Domagal-Goldman (Goddard) • C. Dressing (Harvard) • C. Goldblatt (Victoria) • L. Grenfell (DLR) • S. Hegde (MPIA) • L. Kaltenegger (MPIA/CfA) • J. Kasting (Penn State) • R. Kopparapu (Penn State) • V. Meadows (Washington) • H. Rauer (DLR) • R. Ramirez (Penn State) • T. Robinson (Washington) • S. Rugheimer (Harvard) • D. Sasselov (Harvard) • S. Seager (MIT) • A. Segura (Mexico) • F. Selsis (Bordeaux) • W. Traub (JPL) • E. Turner (Princeton) • P. van Paris (Bordeaux) • R. Wordsworth (Chicago) • A. Zsom (MIT) • And you ?  Let me know if YOU want to join the discussions  • kaltenegger@mpia.de

  30. SAG 4. Planetary Measurements Needed for Exoplanet Characterization • Objective: Determine • which measurements are needed to characterize large and small exoplanets, • how accurate they must be, • how difficult they are to obtain, and • which might be done from the ground • Participants: Atmospheric and surface modelers, ground and space observers,and exoplanet mission teams • SAG4 team: Abbot, Betremieux, Cowen, Domagal-Goldman, Forget, Green, Kaltenegger, Kasting, Kopparapu, Meadows, Pierrehumbert, Rauer, Robinson, Rugheimer, Sasselov, Seager, Segura, Selsis, Traub (& you!) Woolf et al., Ap.J. 2002

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